"A concert of the Galicia Symphony Orchestra under the baton of
Enrique Diemecke, where the undisputed star was the American
Robert Bonfiglio harmonica."
Review
Harmonica America is the name adopted this year by the traditional
Kings concert of the Symphony Orchestra of Galicia. The Concerto
for Harmonica and Orchestra by Heitor Villa-Lobos opened the
concert, the last instrumental concerto (1955) by the author of the
Bachianas Brasileiras, with the musical performance and sound that
Robert Bonfiglio achieved throughout his entire interpretation, he
wowed audiences the Opera House. The different and very varied
timbres, his mouth and hands achieve or the phrasing and
articulation are wonderful tools that Iowa musician uses in the
service of the score.
In the second part, Bonfiglio ended up becoming the star of the
evening from his spectacular start to the stage, shedding the top
of his coat to wear a black shirt of the Rolling Stones and braces
that gave an air of old rocker. After depositing his harmonics in a
lectern as he went to the microphone and asked 'Are you ready to
rock &roll;?'. Then, with a medley of Elvis Presley he made it
plain that he is known as the Paganini of the harmonica, and turned
the concert into a party in which public and musicians of GSO were
active participants, along with soloist and conductor.
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